Large scale atmosphere‐ocean anomalies in the northeast Pacific during 2002
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Authors
Murphree, Tom
Bograd, Steven J.
Schwing, Franklin B.
Ford, Bruce
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Date of Issue
2003-07-18
Date
18 July 2003
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
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Abstract
In summer‐fall 2002, the coastal northeast Pacific (NEP) was characterized by anomalously cool, fresh waters extending from Vancouver Island to southern California, increased equatorward transport in the California Current System (CCS), and higher surface productivity in the northern CCS. The evolution of large scale atmosphere‐ocean anomalies in the NEP from winter 2001–02 through fall 2002 contributed to these coastal anomalies by setting up wind stress anomalies that led to: 1) anomalous transport of subarctic waters into the North Pacific Current (NPC); 2) enhanced eastward flow in the NPC; 3) anomalously strong upwelling in the CCS; and 4) enhanced equatorward transport in the CCS.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003GL017303
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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National Science Foundation
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NOAA
Funder
380 GLOBEC
Format
4 p.
Citation
Murphree, Tom, et al. "Large scale atmosphere‐ocean anomalies in the northeast Pacific during 2002." Geophysical Research Letters 30.15 (2003).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.